Wavell and the Dying Days of the Raj: Britain's Penultimate Viceroy in India - Couverture rigide

Chawla, Mohammad Iqbal

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199062757 ISBN 13 : 9780199062751

Editeur : OUP Pakistan, 2012

Synopsis

A critical and historical understanding of Lord Archibald Wavell's viceroyalty is important for understanding the rational dynamics amongst the three leading political actors of that time, the British, the Hindus, and the Muslims.

This study primarily focuses on Lord Wavell's response to Muslim politics in India in the 1940s. The premise of this study is that Lord Wavell was against the demand for Pakistan, because he believed that India was a natural geographical unit and should be preserved as such. Therefore, during his viceroyalty, he struggled to preserve the union of India. But Pakistan emerged despite Wavell's attempts to sidetrack it.

It is important to note that although Pakistan came into being almost six decades ago it still faces the effects of the problems it inherited from the decisions taken by the last two British viceroys. A reappraisal therefore of the circumstances in which Pakistan was born especially the politics and policies of that time which gave birth to Pakistan is of immense importance.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr Mohammad Iqbal Chawla graduated from Government College, Sargodha, now upgraded to a university. He received his MSc, MPhil and PhD from Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. His teaching career spans the period 1989 to date and this whole period has been spent at the History Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Dr Mohammad Iqbal has edited the Journal of Historical Society of Pakistan at University of the Punjab. He has contributed articles in several notable national and international academic journals. He has written articles on the modern South Asian studies, particularly the pre-partition Muslim politics, in the national and international journals. A book on the Islamic Writings in Pakistan was published in 1990 from Lahore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP Pakistan
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199062757
• ISBN 13: 9780199062751
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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